Summary

Some people come from places where their voices will not be heard. This is about a girl who seeks freedom similar to how it is in the United States.

My brown skin radiates with heat

The hot African sun beating down upon my hut

I close my eyes


I see bright lights, the Statue of Liberty

I see the symbol of freedom

People of different colors

People whose voices are heard

People who are free


Why can’t I be like them?

Why can’t my voice be heard?

Where is my freedom at?


This land I am in

Women are not free

Women have no voice


One day I will be free

I will travel to America

The land where you can

become something bigger,

become something greater

Land of choice, land of voice


That’s what America means

Land of the Free

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